Slackware: 2019-195-01: bzip2 Security Update
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixes security issues: bzip2recover: Fix use after free issue with outFile. Make sure nSelectors is not out of range. For more information, see: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3189 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-12900 (* Security fix *)
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Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64...
MD5 Signatures
Slackware 14.0 package:
8a94c11d7ef85966c8cf4eddb169b6b9 bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
86e7066ee23ccbc43912f8fdf242d7f4 bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package:
157e83b4270d4520fd1640f3e4a793e9 bzip2-1.0.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
2a0494c27ffa73deaf9cfe616edbbdbc bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package:
49b34a9ebf71d346b1f99c2524d046bc bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
5c6ba8d29eb16000f072a8e364836921 bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
50e813124cd298552694171a9ca535ef a/bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
c6f4170f1b14065b4fb2594d8ad73e71 a/bzip2-1.0.8-x86_64-1.txz
Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bzip2-1.0.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz